TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS
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INTERPRETI VENEZIANI

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2011, 8:00 P.M.
AT BASS CONCERT HALL

PRE-PERFORMANCE LECTURE WITH DR. LUISA NARDINI
7PM IN THE BASS CONCERT HALL LOBBY

PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BUTLER SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND THE AUSTIN CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY

“A group of finely tuned individual soloists.” – Kansas City Review

We are grateful to The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for their support of classical music programming at Texas Performing Arts.

Texas Performing Arts presents an evening with internationally renowned chamber music ensemble Interpreti Veneziani, Thursday, November 3 at Bass Concert Hall. Based in Venice, the nine-member performs more than 350 concerts a year in Venice at the San Vidal Church, where Vivaldi used to play.

This group of musical virtuosos made its debut in 1987, immediately gaining reputation for the youthful exuberance and all-Italian brio characterizing their performances. Playing original instruments and specializing in Vivaldi and other Baroque composers, Interpreti Veneziani is praised by audiences and critics alike.

Major achievements include appearances in the Bayruth Festival, concerts at Stockholm’s Royal Palace, participation in the World Vision telemarathon at the Kirov Theatre to mark the reinstatement of the name St. Petersburg, a concert at the Osaka Symphony Hall in live broadcast for Japanese radio, concerts at the Tokyo Suntory Hall and Kjoi Hall and appearances in glamorous concert seasons such as those of Sapporo and Yokohama during four tours of Japan. The group has recorded 15 albums to date.

PROGRAM

Antonio Vivaldi
Concert for violin, strings and harpsichord Op. 7 No. 11

Antonio Vivaldi
Concert for 2 violins, strings and harpsichord RV. 523

Luigi Boccherini
“Fandango” for strings

Bela Bartok
“Danza Rumene” for violin and strings

Francesco Geminiani
Concert for violin, strings and harpsichord Op. 3 No. 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Concert for 2 violins, strings and harpsichord BWV. 1043

Pablo de Sarasate
“Introduzione e Tarantella” for violin and strings

For more information on Interpreti Veneziani, please visit texasperformingarts.org/season/veneziani.

Campus & Community Engagement Event:
Pre-Performance Lecture with Dr. Luisa Nardini
Thursday, November 3, 2011, 7PM in the Bass Concert Hall lobby

Dr. Luisa Nardini, Assistant Professor of Musicology, Butler School of Music, received her PhD in Musicology, at Università degli Studi “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy. Her current book project, titled Music from the South: The Non-Standard Mass Proper Items in Beneventan Manuscripts, focuses on an extended repertory of liturgical music composed in southern Italy after the diffusion of Gregorian chant (8th–9th Century).

CALENDAR LISTING
Thursday, November 3, 2011, 8:00 pm –Texas Performing Arts presents Interpreti Veneziani at Bass Concert Hall (E. 23rd St. and Robert Dedman Dr). A map of the campus: texasperformingarts.org/visit/maps_directions. Tickets ($34 / Limited $10 student tickets / discounted tickets available for UT faculty & staff, seniors and Military) are on sale now at authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall Box Office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at TexasPerformingArts.org, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO.

PRESS CONTACT:
Gene Bartholomew; 512.471.0632
gbartholomew@TexasPerformingArts.org

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